Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has spoken of his near mishap confirmed he on board the Ethiopian Airlines flight that nearly crashed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
Obasanjo, who was speaking to the press for the first time since the incident, told Premium Times that he wasn’t worried, but left everything in the hands of God.
The Ethiopian Airlines aircraft, ET-901, had reportedly departed the Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa at 7am (Nigerian time).
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Obasanjo had attended a stakeholders dialogue on Continental Trade and Strengthening Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) in Ethiopia.
About 393 passengers are said to be on board the flight which had been smooth until the pilot attempted to land at the airport.
He said “remained calm” while reading his papers during the chaotic situation.
“One man, who was next to me, said, ‘Oga you no worry?’ I said, ‘Íf I worry, what will I do? If you are on a plane and you have a situation like this, why should you worry?’ I left everything in the hands of God,” the former president was quoted as saying.
“The pilot thought he could land. And he landed. He touched down. But I think he took a swift decision that he had to take off again.
“He took off and apologised and landed again at about 12.30. We spent just about 10 minutes in the air before we landed again.
“So he took off. If he did not, I think he probably would have overrun the runway. He then apologised and said he would try to land again. He tried again, and we landed safely. And we all clapped.”
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